2018 Early Career Research Prize in Vaccinology R&D.

The IUIS, together with Vaccines Europe will collect applications from members of IUIS, EFIS or any other European Immunology and/or Vaccinology Society and select a winner among them. The aim is to promote and foster a younger generation of scientists in the early stages of their career in Europe. Deadline for application submission: 30st June 2018.

IUIS-EFIS: International Day of Immunology Awards.

IUIS and EFIS are working together to involve all Regional and National Societies in a global effort to promote the benefits of immunology research during the International Day of Immunology (DoI) taking place every year on April 29. Awards totalling 5000 euros will be given once every 3 years for the 4 best public relations campaigns of the DoI. All National Societies are eligible to apply.

Speaker Database of Female Immunologists.

The ASI (Australasian Society for Immunology) Female Speaker Database is a resource to enhance the representation of female immunologists as speakers at conferences, presenters of seminars, participants on review panels, and on editorial boards. Immunologists can be viewed based on discipline, experience and location. This database will be promoted on the IUIS website.

The scope of the prize relates is to reward significant achievements in Vaccine R&D, including the discovery of new vaccine antigens, new vaccines design, understanding the basics of the immune response, new technologies that will improve the future of vaccines and vaccination and that are supported by proof-of-concept data (preclinical and clinical).

Prize amount: $10.000

Who can apply?
Through the Prize, IUIS aims to promote and foster a younger generation of scientists in the early stages of their career. Therefore, the Prize should focus on associate professors or senior postdoctoral fellows (e.g. those who have worked some years in the field of vaccinology and have already established their own working group/lab).

IUIS Newsletter - June 2017

IUIS Newsletter - June 2017 Summary:
1) Vice-President's Address focused on the Committees.
2) The announcement that the IUIS official journal "Frontiers in Immunology" improved their Impact Factor of 6.429. This puts it amongst the top cluster of immunology-specialized journals.
3) The IUIS Primary Immunodeficiency (PID) committee met in February 2017 to develop the current listing of primary immunodeficiencies, now renamed as inborn errors of immunity.
4) Day of Immunology 2017 results.

“IUIS Without Borders” Newsletter with a new format.

Here enclosed you will find the “IUIS Without Borders” Newsletter with a new format. Over the past few years, efforts have been made to improve communication within IUIS. It is part of a comprehensive strategic effort by the Presidency and Executive Committee as indicated our website. The Newsletter will serve as a communication tool within our community highlighting the activity of Committees. Committees are the backbone of IUIS and I am sure that I interpret the feelings of all of us expressing our gratitude to Committee Chairs and Members for their dedication and efforts.

We start with a report from our Education Committee, a major thrust of our effort aimed at fostering Immunology with a focus on developing countries. We will also be giving you updates on the other IUIS stakeholders such as the National Society Members and Regional Federations. But also our Partners & Affiliates, such as Frontiers in Immunology, the official IUIS Journal. In